Commissioned officers; medical and dental officers: original appointment; additional method authorized as exception to general procedure

§ 8294. Commissioned officers; medical and dental officers: original appointment; additional method authorized as exception to general procedure (a) Notwithstanding sections 8285, 8286, and 8287 of this title, original appointments in the Regular Air Force may also be made in grades of captain through colonel with a view to designation as medical or dental officers, as the needs of the Air Force require. These appointments may be made only from qualified civilian doctors of medicine and dentists who are citizens of the United States and who have such other qualifications as the Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe. 510 (b) An officer appointed under subsection (a) shall be credited for promotion with the minimum number of years of service required for promotion of officers of that category to the grade in which he is appointed.